Incident #1000137
Harrison Hot Spring, Morris Valley, British Columbia
Sep 1935
Account
No witnesses are named in this newspaper story, presumably written by J.W. Burns, and some elements of the story appear fanciful. Two hairy giants are said to have come leaping and bounding out of the forest, crossing bog and swamp grass to Morris Creek, then paddling across the creek on a log and climbing hand over hand up a cliff, presumably on the west side of Morris Mountain. Morris Creek is more of a wide backwater of the Harrison River than a normal creek, although it does drain Morris Lake and Weaver Creek The two sasquatch are said to have straddled the log and paddled it with their hands and feet, and also to have climbed an almost perpendicular cliff hand over hand, yet to have been carrying two huge clubs. They are said to have stayed away from trails used by people, and also to have avoided cattle that were in their path. All fiction? Who knows?
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1935
- Season
- fall
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Morris Valley
- Nearest Town
- Harrison Hot Spring
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
- Latitude
- 491730
- Longitude
- 1215400
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, hillside
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- level, steep
- Slope Faced
- West
- Nearby Water
- river, creek
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- fine material, solid rock
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- West. red cedar, Western hemlockhemlock, Douglas fir
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Vancouver Province, Sept. 21, 1935
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1935
- Source reliability
- 2
- Incident reliablility
- 3
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Direction
- East
- Later Movement
- crossed view field, went up slope
- Speed
- fast
- Walking Speed
- medium
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Object Handled
- stick
- Sound
- howl
- Other Activity
- paddled on log, carried clubs
- Use of Water
- travel
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Sasquatch described as riding a log and paddling it with hands and feet, also carrying huge, polished clubs. They were said to have avoided a herd of cattle and stayed off human trails.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect